By Pramod Chaturvedi
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 20 : Bharat Rashtra Samithi Working President K. T. Rama Rao (KTR) on Tuesday alleged that Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has resorted to "attention diversion politics" in a row over the tenders in Singareni.
According to an official release, Rao accused the CM of "diverting public attention" from the alleged involvement of his brother-in-law, Srujan Reddy, in the case, by issuing notices to former minister Harish Rao in the phone-tapping matter. He accused the Congress government of taking political vendetta to its extreme limits.
This comes after last night, the police sent a notice to BRS leader Harish Rao in connection with the phone-tapping case. Harish Rao is required to appear at the Jubilee Hills police station at 11 AM today. KTR and other BRS leaders will gather at Telangana Bhavan at 9 AM.
KTR recalled that the Supreme Court itself had clearly stated that there was no substance in the phone-tapping case and that it was nothing but an act of political vendetta, the release noted.
"Even after the apex court quashed the case and brought an end to this political drama, the Revanth Reddy government issued fresh notices to Harish Rao, now clearly exposing how far the government has stooped," he criticised, adding that "the real intention behind these notices has now become crystal clear to the people of Telangana."
KTR further alleged that they had "exposed with evidence the illegal coal mine allocation scam involving Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's brother-in-law Sujan Reddy", describing the notices served to Harish Rao as "an escape from this massive scam"
He mocked this as a classic "Revanth Reddy-style diversion politics."
"Smearing opposition leaders and intimidating them with notices to escape corruption allegations has become a habit of this government," he stated.
Moreover, according to the release, KTR stated that Harish Rao has stood firmly with the people from the days of the Telangana movement till today, and alleged that the CM is "unable to confront him politically, and thus trying to harass Rao."
"Revanth Reddy is shaken by Harish Rao's aggressive exposure of the Congress government's failures in the Assembly. Unable to confront him politically, the Chief Minister is trying to harass him using old, irrelevant cases," he said.
He added that these vindictive actions are being taken "only because BRS has been holding the state government accountable continuously for the past 24 months."
While asserting that BRS has full respect for the law and the judiciary and is ready to face any inquiry, KTR warned that attempts to silence the opposition through notices are nothing but "an illusion."
He made it clear that BRS will continue to question the Revanth Reddy government on behalf of the people and expose its scams, "no matter how many false cases are filed", the release noted.